Ella Fitzgerald - The Voice of Jazz [2013] (10 x CDs)

SUNDAY JAZZ

ELLA FITZGERALD

Ella Fitzgerald - The Voice of Jazz [2013] (10 x CDs)

"The Voice of Jazz" is one of the most comprehensive archival releases ever assembled for Ella Fitzgerald, a 10-CD box set issued by Universal Music/Verve that digs deep into her formative years, spanning 1935 to 1952. This is a chronological journey through Ella’s early evolution, from her breakout with Chick Webb’s orchestra to her solo rise as the First Lady of Song.

What makes this set special isn’t just the breadth, over 200 newly remastered tracks, but the inclusion of rarities and alternate takes that rarely surface outside collector circles. You get early Decca sides, radio transcriptions, and collaborations with artists like Louis Jordan and the Ink Spots. There’s even material from her brief stint with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and lesser-known novelty tracks that show her playful side. For example, “Stone Cold Dead in the Market” with Jordan is a sly, rhythmic standout that’s often overlooked in standard retrospectives.

Verve’s involvement is key here. Though Ella didn’t sign with Verve until the mid-1950s, the label’s stewardship of her catalog has been meticulous. This set pulls from Decca, Brunswick, and other early imprints, remastered with care to preserve warmth and clarity. The sequencing is chronological, which means you hear her voice mature, from the girlish charm of “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” to the velvet phrasing of “My Heart Belongs to Daddy.”

The packaging includes a thick booklet with session details, personnel, and original release info, gold for archivists. It’s not just a listening experience; it’s a historical document. If you’re chasing the roots of Ella’s phrasing, her swing instincts, or her emotional intelligence as a vocalist, The Voice of Jazz is essential. It’s the kind of release that turns admiration into obsession. 

Ella Fitzgerald’s legacy is often measured in accolades, Grammys, lifetime achievement awards, presidential honors, but this box set reminds us that her true gift was more intimate. She made people feel. She made lyrics live. She gave voice to joy, sorrow, longing, and love with a clarity that transcended genre and generation. (B)

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Track lists

CD01

01 Ella Fitzgerald - I’ll Chase the Blues Away (single version) 2:32

02 Ella Fitzgerald - Love and Kisses (single version) 3:18

03 Ella Fitzgerald - My Melancholy Baby 3:03

04 Ella Fitzgerald - All My Life 3:15

05 Ella Fitzgerald - When I Get Low I Get High (single version) 2:26

06 Ella Fitzgerald - Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me dance) 2:34

07 Ella Fitzgerald - You’ll Have to Swing it (“Mr. Paganini”) 2:55

08 Ella Fitzgerald - Goodnight, My Love 3:09

09 Ella Fitzgerald - My Last Affair (single version) 2:44

10 Ella Fitzgerald - Big Boy Blue 2:49

11 Ella Fitzgerald - Dedicated to You 3:15

12 Ella Fitzgerald - All Over Nothing at All 2:37

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Everyone’s Wrong but Me (single version) 3:03

14 Ella Fitzgerald - I Got a Guy (single version) 3:25

15 Ella Fitzgerald - Rock it for Me (single version) 3:08

16 Ella Fitzgerald - It’s My Turn Now (single version) 2:56

17 Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket 2:39

18 Ella Fitzgerald - This Time It’s Real 3:10

19 Ella Fitzgerald - You Can’t Be Mine (and Someone Else’s, Too) 3:06

20 Ella Fitzgerald - Wacky Dust (single version) 3:03

21 Ella Fitzgerald - Undecided (single version) 3:20

22 Ella Fitzgerald - ’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That Cha Do It) 2:58

23 Ella Fitzgerald - My Heart Belongs to Daddy 3:03

24 Ella Fitzgerald - Don’t Worry ’bout Me (single version) 3:08

25 Ella Fitzgerald - That Was My Heart 3:06

CD02

01 Ella Fitzgerald - I Want The Waiter With the (single version) 3:08

02 Ella Fitzgerald - The Starlit Hour (single version) 3:07

03 Ella Fitzgerald - Imagination 2:58

04 Ella Fitzgerald - Shake Down the Stars (single version) 2:47

05 Ella Fitzgerald - Five O’Clock Whistle (single version) 3:10

06 Ella Fitzgerald - Hello Ma! I Done it Again (From “Tall, Dark and Handsome”) 2:33

07 Ella Fitzgerald - The Muffin Man (single version) 2:25

08 Ella Fitzgerald - Cow Cow Boogie 2:55

09 Ella Fitzgerald - I’m Making Believe (single version) 3:13

10 Ella Fitzgerald - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine 3:16

10 Ella Fitzgerald - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall 3:10

12 Ella Fitzgerald - It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:43

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Stone Cold Dead in the Market 2:41

14 Ella Fitzgerald - Flying Home 2:28

15 Ella Fitzgerald - You Won't Be Satisfied 2:54

16 Ella Fitzgerald - (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons 3:11

17 Ella Fitzgerald - Guilty 3:13

18 Ella Fitzgerald - Oh Lady Be Good 3:08

19 Ella Fitzgerald - How High the Moon (1st take) 3:16

20 Ella Fitzgerald - My Happiness 3:19

21 Ella Fitzgerald - I Can’t Go on (without You) 2:51

22 Ella Fitzgerald - I Couldn’t Stay Away From You 3:19

23 Ella Fitzgerald - Lover’s Gold 3:07

24 Ella Fitzgerald - Dream A Little Longer 3:03

25 Ella Fitzgerald - Baby It’s Cold Outside 2:42

CD03

01 Ella Fitzgerald - Baby, Won’t You Say You Love Me 2:58

02 Ella Fitzgerald - I’ve Got the World on a String 3:18

03 Ella Fitzgerald - Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own 3:15

04 Ella Fitzgerald - Dream a Little Dream of Me (single version) 3:07

05 Ella Fitzgerald - Looking for a Boy 3:08

06 Ella Fitzgerald - Maybe 3:27

07 Ella Fitzgerald - Because of Rain 3:11

08 Ella Fitzgerald - Even as You and I 3:30

09 Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing 3:07

10 Ella Fitzgerald - Air Mail Special 3:04

11 Ella Fitzgerald - Nowhere Guy 3:08

12 Ella Fitzgerald - Angel Eyes 2:56

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Trying 2:59

14 Ella Fitzgerald - Walkin’ by the River 2:29

15 Ella Fitzgerald - Crying in the Chapel 3:05

16 Ella Fitzgerald - Melancholy Me 2:54

17 Ella Fitzgerald - I Need 2:41

18 Ella Fitzgerald - People Will Say We’re in Love 3:11

19 Ella Fitzgerald - Stardust 4:01

20 Ella Fitzgerald - Lullaby of Birdland 2:52

21 Ella Fitzgerald - It Might as Well Be Spring 2:42

22 Ella Fitzgerald - I Can’t Get Started 3:08

23 Ella Fitzgerald - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2:18

24 Ella Fitzgerald - Pete Kelly’s Blues 2:27

25 Ella Fitzgerald - My One and Only Love 3:16

CD04

01 Ella Fitzgerald - Stay There 2:36

02 Ella Fitzgerald - Ridin’ High 3:21

03 Ella Fitzgerald - Just One of Those Things 3:32

04 Ella Fitzgerald - Begin the Beguine 3:39

05 Ella Fitzgerald - So in Love 3:52

06 Ella Fitzgerald - What is This Thing Called Love! 2:04

07 Ella Fitzgerald - I Concentrate on You 3:15

08 Ella Fitzgerald - Let’s Do it (Let’s Fall in Love) 3:35

09 Ella Fitzgerald - Cheek to Cheek 5:54

10 Ella Fitzgerald - Moonlight in Vermont 3:42

11 Ella Fitzgerald - The Nearness of You 5:42

12 Ella Fitzgerald - Lover (stereo version) 3:18

13 Ella Fitzgerald - I Wish I Were in Love Again 2:38

14 Ella Fitzgerald - Mountain Greenery 2:16

15 Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan 2:51

16 Ella Fitzgerald - Wait Till You See Her (stereo version) 1:32

17 Ella Fitzgerald - It Never Entered My Mind 4:08

18 Ella Fitzgerald - I Could Write a Book 3:40

19 Ella Fitzgerald - Where or When 2:49

20 Ella Fitzgerald - Isn’t it Romantic! 3:03

21 Ella Fitzgerald - Everything I've Got 3:23

22 Ella Fitzgerald - In a Sentimental Mood 2:47

CD05

01 Ella Fitzgerald - Satin Doll (1956 version) 3:29

02 Ella Fitzgerald - Don’t Get Around Much Anymore 5:03

03 Ella Fitzgerald - Hear My Heart 2:19

04 Ella Fitzgerald - Take the “A” Train 6:42

05 Ella Fitzgerald - Drop Me Off in Harlem 3:50

06 Ella Fitzgerald - I’m Beginning to See the Light 3:28

07 Ella Fitzgerald - All Too Soon 4:24

08 Ella Fitzgerald - Our Love is Here to Stay 4:01

09 Ella Fitzgerald - Autumn in New York 5:59

10 Ella Fitzgerald - These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) 7:39

11 Ella Fitzgerald - You Turned the Tables on Me 2:33

12 Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime 4:58

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Bess You is My Woman Now 5:30

14 Ella Fitzgerald - I Wants to Stay Here 4:37

15 Ella Fitzgerald - We’ll Be Together Again 3:21

16 Ella Fitzgerald - I Thought About You 2:54

17 Ella Fitzgerald - Mood Indigo 3:27

CD06

01 Ella Fitzgerald - In a Mellow Tone 5:11

02 Ella Fitzgerald - Night Wind 3:19

03 Ella Fitzgerald - What’s New 3:08

04 Ella Fitzgerald - Isn’t This a Lovely Day! 3:28

05 Ella Fitzgerald - I Used to Be Color Blind 2:33

06 Ella Fitzgerald - How Deep is the Ocean (How High is the Sky) 3:11

07 Ella Fitzgerald - Blue Skies 3:45

08 Ella Fitzgerald - Teach Me How to Cry 2:59

09 Ella Fitzgerald - What’s Your Story Morning Glory 2:41

10 Ella Fitzgerald - If I Were a Bell (long version) 2:35

11 Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, What a Night for Love (single version) 2:25

12 Ella Fitzgerald - Let’s Fall in Love 3:05

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Love is Here to Stay 3:54

14 Ella Fitzgerald - The Man I Love 3:53

15 Ella Fitzgerald - A Foggy Day 3:33

16 Ella Fitzgerald - Somebody Loves Me 2:37

17 Ella Fitzgerald - I’ve Got a Crush on You 3:30

18 Ella Fitzgerald - You Go to My Head 4:36

19 Ella Fitzgerald - Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year 3:19

20 Ella Fitzgerald - But Not for Me 3:34

21 Ella Fitzgerald - They All Laughed 3:05

22 Ella Fitzgerald - Gone With the Wind 3:00

CD07

01 Ella Fitzgerald - Shall We Dance! 3:09

02 Ella Fitzgerald - ’S Wonderful 3:31

03 Ella Fitzgerald - Beat Me Daddy, Eight to The Bar 2:30

04 Ella Fitzgerald - Black Coffee 3:28

05 Ella Fitzgerald - September Song 3:40

06 Ella Fitzgerald - One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) 4:18

07 Ella Fitzgerald - Winter Wonderland 2:17

08 Ella Fitzgerald - It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:36

09 Ella Fitzgerald - Stormy Weather 5:16

10 Ella Fitzgerald - Heart & Soul 3:36

11 Ella Fitzgerald - Come Rain or Come Shine 3:24

12 Ella Fitzgerald - The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else 2:15

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Stella by Starlight 3:19

14 Ella Fitzgerald - Ich Fuhle Mich Crazy (You’re Driving Me Crazy) 3:07

15 Ella Fitzgerald - Mean to Me 2:57

16 Ella Fitzgerald - I Hear Music 2:20

17 Ella Fitzgerald - Broadway 2:44

18 Ella Fitzgerald - She’s Funny That Way 3:15

19 Ella Fitzgerald - Stardust (Bossa Nova) 2:33

20 Ella Fitzgerald - Almost Like Being in Love 3:03

21 Ella Fitzgerald - I’m Old Fashioned 3:30

22 Ella Fitzgerald - The Way You Look Tonight 4:30

23 Ella Fitzgerald - All the Things You Are 3:15

CD08

01 Ella Fitzgerald - ’Deed I Do 2:45

02 Ella Fitzgerald - My Last Affair 3:19

03 Ella Fitzgerald - Trouble in Mind 3:35

04 Ella Fitzgerald - How High the Moon 4:01

05 Ella Fitzgerald - I’m a Poached Egg Without Toast 2:36

06 Ella Fitzgerald - Skylark 3:11

07 Ella Fitzgerald - Brown-Skin Gal (in the Calico Gown) 5:05

08 Ella Fitzgerald - The Shadow of Your Smile 3:07

09 Ella Fitzgerald - Whisper Not 3:04

10 Ella Fitzgerald - Lover Man 4:23

11 Ella Fitzgerald - Misty Blue 2:29

12 Ella Fitzgerald - Love for Sale 4:35

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Once I Loved 2:18

14 Ella Fitzgerald - ’Round Midnight 4:41

15 Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun 3:39

16 Ella Fitzgerald - That Old Feeling 2:48

17 Ella Fitzgerald - I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You 2:55

18 Ella Fitzgerald - Wave 5:21

19 Ella Fitzgerald - They Can’t Take That Away From Me 3:29

20 Ella Fitzgerald - Don’t Worry ’bout Me 2:50

21 Ella Fitzgerald - All That Jazz 4:04

CD09

01 Ella Fitzgerald - Love for Sale (live 1956,Hollywood Bowl) 3:14

02 Ella Fitzgerald - You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 4:01

03 Ella Fitzgerald - I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (live 1957,Newport) 2:28

04 Ella Fitzgerald - Moonlight in Vermont (live Chicago Opera House) 3:08

05 Ella Fitzgerald - Stompin’ at the Savoy (live 1957,Chicago Opera House) 5:09

06 Ella Fitzgerald - St. Louis Blues (live 1958,Rome) 5:58

07 Ella Fitzgerald - I Loves You Porgy (live in Rome,1957) 4:57

08 Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun (live Rome) 3:44

09 Ella Fitzgerald - Misty (live in Berlin,1960) 2:49

10 Ella Fitzgerald - The Man I Love (live in Berlin,1960) 3:39

11 Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife (live in Berlin,1960) 4:44

12 Ella Fitzgerald - (I’d Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China (live 1961,Berlin) 2:26

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Rock it for Me (live 1961,Berlin) 3:26

14 Ella Fitzgerald - Stairway to the Stars (live at the Crescendo) 4:00

15 Ella Fitzgerald - Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe (live at the Crescendo) 3:51

16 Ella Fitzgerald - Deep Purple (live at the Crescendo) 2:20

17 Ella Fitzgerald - Here’s That Rainy Day 3:46

18 Ella Fitzgerald - Don't Rain on My Parade 3:14

19 Ella Fitzgerald - Lullaby of Birdland (live 7,28,66-Cote D’Azur) 2:55

20 Ella Fitzgerald - The More I See You (live 7,28,66-Cote D’Azur) 3:57

CD10

01 Ella Fitzgerald - Norman Granz Introduction of #1 (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) (Norman Granz) 0:20

02 Ella Fitzgerald - Robbins’ Nest (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 2:22

03 Ella Fitzgerald - A New Shade of Blues (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 2:55

04 Ella Fitzgerald - Old Mother Hubbard (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 2:52

05 Ella Fitzgerald - I’m Just a Lucky So-And-So (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 2:54

06 Ella Fitzgerald - Somebody Loves Me (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 1:55

07 Ella Fitzgerald - Basin Street Blues (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 3:10

08 Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, Lady, Be Good! (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 2:52

09 Ella Fitzgerald - Black Coffee (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 3:40

10 Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 2:24

11 Ella Fitzgerald - How High the Moon (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 5:45

12 Ella Fitzgerald - Perdido (live (1949,Carnegie Hall)) 8:40

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Bill (live From Carnegie Hall,1953) 2:57

14 Ella Fitzgerald - Why Don’t You Do Right! (live) 3:16

15 Ella Fitzgerald - A Foggy Day (in London Town) (live at Carnegie Hall,1954) 2:49

16 Ella Fitzgerald - Lullaby of Birdland (live (1954,Hartford)) 2:26

17 Ella Fitzgerald - The Man That Got Away (live at Carnegie Hall,1954) 4:40

18 Ella Fitzgerald - Hernando’s Hideaway (live) 3:18

19 Ella Fitzgerald - Later (live at Carnegie Hall,1954) 2:51

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